IAM Engineer

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 are supporting a growing fintech as they enter an exciting year with major milestones ahead and plenty of opportunity to make a real impact. As an IAM Engineer, you'll own identity and access management across the organisation, covering access management, privileged access and identity governance.

You'll be the technical SME across the Microsoft Entra ecosystem, designing, implementing and improving identity services across cloud, SaaS and on‑prem environments, turning identity strategy into

Qualifications

• Expertise across Microsoft Entra ecosystem and related services.
• Experience delivering access management, PAM and identity governance.
• Understanding of SSO, federation and directory services.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust identity security controls.
• Certifications such as SC-300, SC-100, AZ-500 or CISSP are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Engineering and improving IAM services in line with security and regulatory requirements.
• Delivering secure access management across Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, federation, MFA, CA.
• Developing identity governance with automated lifecycle management and access reviews.
• Monitoring IAM platforms, incidents and improvements across security and service delivery.
• Acting as go-to IAM expert and guiding best practices across the organisation.

Skills

Microsoft Entra

Identity governance

Access management

PAM

Zero Trust

Education

IT security certifications (SC-300, SC-100, AZ-500)

CISSP or equivalent

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph

Job description

SR2 are supporting a growing fintech as they enter an exciting year for the business, with some major milestones ahead and plenty of opportunity to make a real impact. They're a technology led fintech where identity sits at the heart of how they protect their people, systems and products.

The Role

As an IAM Engineer, you'll take ownership of identity and access management across the organisation, covering access management, privileged access and identity governance.

You'll act as the technical subject matter expert across the Microsoft Entra ecosystem, designing, implementing and continuously improving identity services across cloud, SaaS and on premises environments.

You'll play a key role in turning identity strategy into secure, scalable controls that strengthen the security posture of a regulated financial institution.

What You'll Be Responsible For

• Engineering and continuously improving identity and access management services in line with business, security and regulatory requirements
• Delivering and supporting secure access management capabilities across Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, federation, MFA, Conditional Access and directory services
• Developing and maintaining identity governance capabilities, including automated lifecycle management, access reviews and role based access controls
• Monitoring, maintaining and optimising identity platforms, responding to incidents and driving continuous improvements across security and service deliveryActing as the go to technical IAM expert across the organisation, providing guidance, championing best practice and supporting the wider security engineering function

About You

• Strong expertise across the Microsoft Entra ecosystem, including Entra ID, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management, Identity Protection and Identity Governance
• Hands on experience delivering access management, PAM and identity governance solutions
• A solid understanding of modern identity technologies, including SSO, federation and directory services
• Knowledge of Zero Trust principles and identity led security controls
• Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph is desirable
• Relevant certifications such as SC 300, SC 100, AZ 500, CISSP or equivalent are a plus, but your mindset and approach are what matter most

Why This Role Stands Out

• You'll own a critical capability that touches every part of the engineering and security function
• You'll join a profitable, scaling fintech at an exciting point in its growth, where your work will have genuine visibility and impact
• You'll have the opportunity to improve and mature IAM practices within a regulated environment that takes security seriously
• You'll work with modern technologies and tooling in a cloud first organisation